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Manchester-Lakehurst, NJ
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Manchester Fire Chief Killed In Turnpike Crash, Driver Arrested Fleeing Scene:
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A 47-year-old fire chief was killed after he was struck by a vehicle on the New Jersey Turnpike early Tuesday morning, Oct. 13, according to state officials and those who knew him. Brian Flanagan was working within a marked construction zone on the New Jersey Turnpike in Edison when a GMC SUV entered the area and hit him just after 3:50 a.m., Christopher Postorino, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said. Anthony Bernardi, the driver of the GMC, fled the scene, Postorino said. Bernardi, an Edison resident, was arrested and charged with aggravated manslaughter, vehicular homici…
Villas-Lower Township, NJ
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NJ Man Airlifted In DWI Lower Twp Crash That Killed One
Zachary Whitmore, a 36-year-old man, was seriously injured in a crash in Lower Township last week that killed another person, according to a GoFundMe set up to support his family. Edward McVey, a 19-year-old Lower Township resident, collied with a vehicle with two occupants, killing a 56-year-old man only identified as Mickey and seriously injuring Whitmore on Route 9 Thursday, Oct. 1, the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office said. Whitmore was hospitalized for four days, and had multiple broken bones, severe road rash and other injuries, Ally Junkermeier, who organized the GoFundMe sai…
Vineland, NJ
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Vineland Woman Guilty Of Intentionally Striking Girlfriend With Car In Deadly Crash: Prosecutor
A 24-year-old Vineland woman was convicted of intentionally striking her girlfriend with her car, killing them, authorities announced. Breanna Rowley was convicted of homicide and vehicular homicide in the death of Caroline Bump, a 21-year-old Millville woman, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said. At 11:15 p.m., on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, Rowley struck and killed Bump while she was standing in the roadway, Webb-McRae said. She then stopped the vehicle 100 yards down the roadway after she struck Bump, exited the vehicle where she proceeded to walk towards the area w…
Villas-Lower Township, NJ
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DUI Lower Township Teen Driver Charged In Deadly Route 9 Crash
A 19-year-old Lower Township resident was arrested after he drove drunk in a crash that killed a 56-year old man on Thursday, Oct. 1, authorities said. Edward McVey is charged with vehicular homicide, driving under the influence and assault by auto, driving under the influence, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland and Lower Township Police Chief Donald Vanaman Jr. said. McVey collied with a vehicle with two occupants, killing a 56-year-old man and seriously injuring a 36-year-old man on Route 9 in Lower Township, authorities said. The victim has not been identified.
Vineland, NJ
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DWI Vineland Driver Who Killed Newlyweds Learns Fate: Prosecutor
A 26-year-old Vineland man was sentenced to seven years in prison after he pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide in the deaths of a couple that had recently gotten married. At 4:09 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22, New Jersey State Police responded to Maurice River Township after a vehicle operated by Levon Woods crossed into the oncoming lane of travel and collided with a vehicle occupied by Thomas Splinter, 57 and Nancy Orellana-Splinter-29, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said. Splinter and Orellana-Splinter were later pronounced dead. Subsequent toxicology test resul…
Oceanside, NY
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Oceanside Woman In Deadly DWI Case Tried To Bribe Immigration Judge With Tequila, $3K: Feds
A Long Island woman already charged in a deadly DWI crash is now also accused of attempting to bribe an immigration judge to free someone in ICE detention. Diana Kutateladze, 37, of Oceanside, had her bail revoked in her Long Island case on Tuesday, July 21 after the feds unsealed the bribery charges, Newsday reported. The change in status followed a Wednesday, July 15 indictment in Louisiana federal court, in which Kutateladze was accused of trying to bribe a judge with Patron tequila and $3,000 back in January 2024, according to the Justice Department. Kutateladze was trying to free some…
Little Egg Harbor, NJ
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Man Indicted After Deadly Pedestrian Strike In Little Egg Harbor, Leaving Scene: Prosecutor
A 54-year-old Monroe Township man was indicted on multiple charges after he struck and killed a pedestrian in Little Egg Harbor Township and left the scene, authorities announced Friday, May 29. On Wednesday, Nov. 5, Egg Harbor Township police responded to Center Street and Oak Street after Domenico Russano was struck by a white Ford F-650 while he was walking on the sidewalk, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. The Ford F-650 fled the scene, Billhimer said. The 68-year-old Egg Harbor Township resident was transported to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center where he was pronounce…
Albany, NY
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Boozed-Up Driver Who Killed Two Friends In I-90 Wreck Pleads Guilty: Prosecutors
An Albany woman admitted to driving drunk and killing two of her friends in a devastating highway crash last year, authorities said Tuesday, March 24. Imahjai Sutherland, 25, copped to one count of aggravated vehicular homicide, the Albany County District Attorney’s office said. Sutherland was behind the wheel of a Mazda on I-90 eastbound and entered an exit ramp toward I-787 southbound around 4 a.m. on Oct. 12, 2025, when she lost control of her vehicle, prosecutors said. The car soared over a guardrail and careened down a grassy embankment to the right of the highway, traveling 197 feet …
Bellmore, NY
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Drunk Driver Admits Killing Motorcyclist, Fleeing Scene In North Bellmore: Nassau DA
A Levittown man has admitted he was drunk when he crashed into a motorcyclist and left him to die in the street in North Bellmore, Nassau County prosecutors announced on Thursday, Feb. 26. Patrick Thompson, 59, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Feb. 25, to Aggravated Vehicular Homicide, Leaving the Scene of an Incident Without Reporting, and Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated Per Se, according to Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly. The charges stem from a crash on North Jerusalem Avenue near Sherman Avenue around 11:01 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, prosecutors said. Thompson wa…
Vineland, NJ
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Unlicensed Vineland Driver Charged In Crash That Killed Wildwood Woman, 37, Police Say
An unlicensed Vineland driver has been charged in connection with a crash that killed his passenger, a Wildwood woman, in September 2024, police said on Friday, Jan. 16. Armando Garcia-Garcia, 52, was driving east in a 2009 Nissan Pathfinder on East Sherman Avenue when the vehicle veered into the wooded area just east of Hance Bridge Road and struck a tree on Sept. 28, 2024 just after 12:30 a.m., Vineland police said. As a result of the collision, the front-seat passenger, Keila Osoria-Garcia, 37, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Garcia-Garcia was transported to Cooper Univers…
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Undocumented Immigrant Indicted In DUI Crash That Killed Lakewood Mom, Daughter: Prosecutor
A 43-year-old undocumented immigrant has been indicted in connection with an alleged drunk crash that killed a mother and daughter in New Jersey. Raul Luna-Perez, of Red Bank, was charged with aggravated manslaughter and related charges in Ocean County Court on Tuesday, Oct. 22, in the deaths of 42-year-old Maria Pleitez and her 11-year-old daughter. Luna-Perez was nearly three times over the legal alcohol limit and driving about 60 miles per hour when the crash occurred around 11:20 p.m. Saturday, July 26, at Cross Street and Hearthstone Drive in Lakewood, prosecutors said. His Dodge Dura…
Toms River, NJ
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DWI Toms River Driver Charged With Manslaughter After Airborne Crash Kills Woman: Prosecutor
A 56-year-old Toms River man is now charged with aggravated manslaughter after a passenger in a car he was driving was killed in a crash earlier this year, authorities announced Thursday, Sept. 11. At 1:35 a.m., Lakewood police responded to Cedar Bridge Avenue near the Garden State Parkway after a truck struck overhead utility wires, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. While on scene, officers discovered a heavily damaged 2015 Nissan Altima overturned in a drainage ditch, adjacent to Cedar Bridge Avenue, Billhimer said. Martine Taylor, the driver, and Christine Kroliczak, his 52…
Troy, NY
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Troy Teen Who Rolled Car, Killing 14-Year-Old Girl Sentenced To Prison
A 19-year-old man will spend years in prison for a high-speed crash that killed a teenage girl and seriously injured her brother in upstate New York. Everhett Hatlee, of Troy, was sentenced to five to 15 years behind bars in Saratoga County Court on Friday, Sept. 5, after pleading guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide. Hatlee admitted to driving while impaired by cannabis on June 29, 2024, when he lost control of his vehicle along Fonda Road in Waterford. The teen, 18 at the time, was speeding when the car went off the road, became airborne, and struck multiple utility poles before coming…
Toms River, NJ
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US Marshals Arrest Lakehurst DWI Driver In Deadly Crash, 2 Tried Lying To Help Him Hide: Cops
A man with a long criminal record has been charged with vehicular homicide in the death of a construction worker in Toms River — and two women are accused of lying to protect him, authorities said. Douglas Smith, 51, is accused of hitting Allen Adams, 50, of Lumberton, while Adams was working in a construction zone on Lakewood Road around 1 a.m. on July 31, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Adams, who was operating machinery with flashing amber warning lights, was struck by a northbound vehicle driven by Smith, prosecutors said. He was taken to Community Medical Center in T…
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
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EHT Man Speeding When He Struck, Killed 13-Year-Old: Prosecutor
A 71-year-old Egg Harbor Township man was charged with vehicular homicide after he struck and killed a 13-year-old Pleasantville boy, authorities announced Tuesday, Aug. 26. On Saturday, May 17 at 2:20 p.m., Gary Battisti struck a 13-year-old boy while driving on Delaware Avenue in Egg Harbor Township, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said. The 13-year-old, who was not identified, was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead, authorities said. Battisti was traveling at an excessive speed at the time of the crash, authorities said.
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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Speeding Former Parsippany Wrestler Indicted In Crash That Killed Woman: Prosecutor
An 18-year-old Lake Hiawatha man was indicted by a grand jury in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash in Toms River, authorities announced Thursday, Aug. 14. Abel Mathukutty was indicted on charges of vehicular homicide, assault by auto, leaving the scene of a motor vehicle crash causing death and leaving the scene of a motor vehicle crash causing serious bodily injury, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. Mathukutty was behind the wheel of an Infinity sedan that struck a white Mercedes sedan driven by Debora Barone on Saturday, May 24 at 7:25 p.m. on Route 37 east in Toms R…
Toms River, NJ
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Family Pushes For Harsher Drunk Driving Penalties After Toms River Work Zone Death
Allen Adams spent his life making New Jersey's roads safer. On Thursday, July 31, the 50-year-old construction worker from Lumberton was killed in a Toms River work zone after being struck by an alleged drunk driver, according to his family and authorities in Ocean County. Adams was hit around 1 a.m. on Route 9 near Raymond Avenue, according to the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office. He was rushed to Community Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. Douglas Smith, 51, of Toms River, showed signs of impairment at the scene and was charged with driving while intoxicated and reckless drivi…
Brick, NJ
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Brick Pharma Exec Was Going Wrong Way 103 MPH For 2 Miles In Deadly Lakewood Crash: Prosecutor
A 47-year-old Brick Township was charged with aggravated manslaughter and vehicular homicide following a deadly eight-car crash in Lakewood last March, authorities announced Wednesday, Aug. 13. An investigation determined that Brian Baldari was driving westbound in the eastbound lanes of Route 70 at 103 mph for two miles before he crashed into Edwin Borja's vehicle on Friday, March 7 at 5:50 a.m. at Route 70 and Airport Road, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. Baldari's Cadillac CT5 Blackwig struck an additional six vehicles before catching fire, trapping Baldari inside, B…
National Interest
Woodbridge Drag Racing Suspect, Mom Seen Being Led Off Plane After Parkway Crash
A viral TikTok video shows the moment authorities escorted a man and his mother off a plane at a Tri-State area airport after officials say they fled to Miami following a deadly drag racing crash on the Garden State Parkway. Vilma Vneshta and Alvi Limani. Miami-Dade Corrections (Courtesy of New York Post) Alvi Limani, 20, of Staten Island, and his mother Vilma Vneshta, 42, were apprehended on Thursday, July 17, near Miami, FL, after fleeing in an attempt to leave the country, According to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and New Jersey State Police Colonel Patrick…
Toms River, NJ
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DWI South Toms River Truck Driver Charged After Killing Pedestrian, Leaving Scene: Prosecutor
A 41-year-old South Toms River man is facing charges of vehicular homicide after he fatally struck a pedestrian while driving high on marijuana and fled the scene, authorities announced Monday, Aug. 11. On Saturday, June 7, at 3:50 a.m., South Toms River police responded to Colgate Drive and found Marie Bellavista, a 53-year-old South Toms River resident, deceased in the roadway, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. An investigation determined Tremel Haskins was operating the cab of a Volvo semi-truck when he hit Bellavista, Billhimer said. Haskins fled the scene but was later lo…
Lakewood, NJ
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ICE Place Detainer On Undocumented DUI Driver Charged In Lakewood Double Fatal: Feds
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has placed a detainer on a 43-year-old man charged with killing a New Jersey mother and her 11-year-old daughter in a drunk driving, head-on crash last month, the agency said. Raul Luna-Perez, 43, of Red Bank, entered the U.S. illegally at an unknown date and location. The agency said he had multiple prior arrests, including: June 25, 2023, by Red Bank Police for simple domestic violence. March 20, 2025, and April 17, 2025, for DUI, also by Red Bank Police. Raul Luna-Perez Ocean County Prosecutor's Office Records show he was b…
Newark, NJ
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DUI Driver Had Four Beers Before Killing Pedestrian In Newark: Affidavit
A 33-year-old Newark resident who was arrested after striking two people, one fatally, in a hit and run collision while driving intoxicated last week, told police he had consumed four beers according to a criminal affidavit obtained by Daily Voice Tuesday, Aug. 5. Segundo Carlos Bunay was driving a 2014 white Ford Econoline Van when he struck two women in front of George Washington Carver Elementary School at 333 Clinton Pl., on Monday, July 28, at 9:20 p.m., Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II and Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda said. Bunay fled the scene, but witnesses obtained …
Valley Stream, NY
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Drunk Driver Killed Cousin, Injured Passenger In Long Island Crash, DA Says
A 22-year-old Long Island man is accused of driving drunk and crashing into a tree, killing his cousin and seriously injuring another passenger. Brian Lopez-Cruz, of Woodmere, was indicted on aggravated vehicular homicide and related charges in Nassau County Court on Monday, Aug. 4, in connection with a fatal crash in Rockville Centre in September 2023. The crash happened around 4:20 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 17. According to the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, Lopez-Cruz was speeding southbound on Peninsula Boulevard when he lost control of the car, veered off the road, and slammed…
National Interest
Five Face Charges In Fatal Route 1 Plainsboro New Year's Crash: Prosecutor
A woman is facing manslaughter charges after she fled the scene of a fatal six-car crash in Plainsboro that occurred on New Year's Day, authorities announced Thursday, July 31. At 1:56 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 1, first responders responded to Route 1 in Plainsboro for the multi-car crash, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Plainsboro Police Chief Eamon Blanchard said. Louisa Bradlow Carman, a 25-year-old Princeton resident, who was driving a Ford Fusion, was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center where she was later pronounced dead, authorities said. Carman…
Newark, NJ
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DUI Driver Hit Two People, One Fatally Outside Newark Elementary School: Prosecutor
A 33-year-old Newark resident was arrested after striking two people, one fatally, in a hit and run crash while driving intoxicated on Monday, July 28, authorities said. Segundo Carlos Bunay was driving a 2014 white Ford Econoline Van when he struck two women in front of George Washington Carver Elementary School at 333 Clinton Pl., Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda said. Eryn Montgomery, 28, was pronounced dead at University Hospital while the other woman is in stable condition, authorities said. Bunay fled the scene but later returne…
Lakewood, NJ
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$16K Raised For Family Of NJ Aunt, 11-Year-Old Girl Killed By Suspected DUI Driver In Lakewood
A GoFundMe for the family of a New Jersey woman and her 11-year-old family member killed in a suspected DUI crash in Lakewood had raised more than $16,000 as of Sunday, July 27. The campaign was launched by Maria Celina Aguilar, the niece of 42-year-old Maria Pleitez, who died alongside the girl, identified by Aguilar as Dayanara Cortes, when their car was hit head-on by a suspected drunk driver late Saturday night, July 26. “My aunt was a wonderful woman who worked hard every day to take care of her two daughters,” Aguilar wrote. “She is leaving behind my 16-year-old niece.” Aguilar said …
Lakewood, NJ
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Suspected DUI Red Bank Driver Kills 11-Year-Old Girl, Woman In Lakewood Crash: Prosecutor
A Red Bank man suspected of DUI has been charged with vehicular homicide after a crash in Lakewood killed a woman and an 11-year-old girl and seriously injured another child, authorities said. Raul Luna-Perez, 43, was behind the wheel of a Dodge Durango that collided head-on with a Nissan Sentra just before 11:20 p.m. on Saturday, July 26, at the intersection of Cross Street and Hearthstone Drive in Lakewood, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said in a release. Luna-Perez was driving east on Cross Street when his SUV crossed into oncoming traffic and struck the Nissan head-on, th…
Metuchen, NJ
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4 Charged In Fatal Parkway Drag Race: Middlesex County Prosecutor
Four people are facing charges following a fatal crash on the Garden State Parkway last month that involved two cars racing, authorities announced Wednesday, July 23. On Sunday, June 29, at 7:04 p.m., New Jersey State Police responded to the Garden State Parkway in Metuchen for a crash after a BMW X3 crashed into two other vehicles and rolled over multiple times, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and New Jersey State Police Colonel Patrick Callahan said. Albion Hysenaj, a 20-year-old Staten Island resident, was ejected from the vehicle and was taken to Robert Wood Johnson Hos…
Toms River, NJ
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'Floor It... F— The Cops': New Charges Filed In Crash That Killed Young Couple In Toms River
New charges have been filed, and disturbing new details have emerged in the crash that killed a young couple last March in Toms River, including video of one of the passengers filming and encouraging the teenage driver as he hit 118 mph and ran a red light, authorities said. Carlos Martinez, who was 17 at the time of the crash, was allegedly behind the wheel of a white BMW when he blew through the red light at Route 37 and Route 166 on Friday, March 7, killing Kiley Armstrong, 21, and Evan Fiore, 23, a couple described by their families as "inseparable" and planning to marry. However, new d…
Englewood, NJ
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NY Man Let 15-Year-Old Drive Brand-New SUV In Deadly Crash On PIP In Alpine: Officials
A New York man is behind bars in connection with a February crash on the Palisades Interstate Parkway for letting an underage driver operate the vehicle that caused left one person dead and left multiple others injured, authorities announced Thursday, July 10. Ryan D. Chambers, 21, of Elmira, NY, let a 15-year-old drive the 2025 Nissan Rogue on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Alpine, before dawn Friday, Feb. 28, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The unlicensed teen was speeding and driving recklessly when he lost control just before 6 a.m. and collided…
East Hampton, NY
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Drunk Teen Crashed Car, Killing 19-Year-Old East Hampton Woman On Father's Day, DA Says
An 18-year-old man is facing aggravated vehicular homicide charges following a Father’s Day crash that killed a 19-year-old woman and seriously injured another passenger on Long Island. Luis Fuertes, of Moriches, was arraigned in Suffolk County Court on Wednesday, July 9, in connection with an alleged drunk driving crash in East Hampton that killed Scarleth Samaniego-Urgiles. Investigators determined that Fuertes was driving drunk with seven people in his car when he crossed into oncoming traffic, nearly hit another vehicle, then veered off the road and struck a tree on Old Stone Highway at…
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